Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles

[Asian Art Textiles]. McCarty, Cara and Matilda McQuaid

ISBN 10: 0870700766 / ISBN 13: 9780870700767

Published by New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1998]., 1998

About this Item

SIGNED by McCarty, fiber artist Sheila Hicks (to whom the book is dedicated), five artists including Chiyoko Tanaka, Naomi Kobayashi, Wakae Nakamoto, Yasuhisa Kohyama, and one unidentified (M. Kokyushu?) at front free endpaper. Folio, approx 12 1/4 inches tall, 104pp, color and some black and white photographic illustrations, publisher s quarter silver paper and decorative cloth lettered in maroon, mango endpapers (minor creases within joint gutters, minor rubbing, very good). 2 promotional items laid-in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles
• Publisher: New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1998].
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870700766
• ISBN 13: 9780870700767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fashion

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Synopsis

Bound between covers draped in a contemporary textile, Structure and Surface lushly and in great detail illustrates more than 60 exotic and beautiful fabric creations that have emerged from Japan in the past few years. Texts describe materials used--banana fiber, newspaper, copper, stainless steel, and feathers, combined with silk, cotton, wool, linen, and polyester--and an array of ingenious techniques--pounding, scrubbing, scraping, and treatment with chemicals and acids--which together create radically new textures and finishes. For centuries Japan has been associated with a rich textile tradition and was a leading center of cotton and silk production, but as this book demostrates, in recent years it has emerged as a newly influential and vital force in the industry. Included are biographies of the 30 artists, designers, and manufacturers represented, as well as a useful glossary.